Leonard Ncube, leonard.ncube@chronicle.co.zw SIGNIFICANT progress has been made in the rehabilitation of the Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Road under the Emergency Road Rehabilitation Programme (ERRP2) as the Second Republic walks the talk in delivering its promises. The reconstruction of roads is an economic enabler and a driver towards the attainment of Government’s vision to achieve an upper-middle-income economy […] …
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COMMENT: Zimbabweans must go for order and progress and shun chaos and disorder during polls
THE lack of structures continues to haunt the Mr Nelson Chamisa-led Citizen’s Coalition for Change with its candidate selection exercise in Bulawayo at the weekend rocked by chaos. The failure by Mr Chamisa to control his party betrays a fundamental flaw in the opposition leader in terms of order and governance leaving many wondering how […] …
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Gold-backed digital tokens mop up $34bn excess liquidity
Nqobile Bhebhe, nqobile.bhebhe@chronicle.co.zw THE Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe (RBZ) has mopped up $34 billion through gold-backed digital tokens, which are part of measures to reduce liquidity in the market and expand the value-preserving instruments to stabilise the economy. The gold-backed digital tokens just like the gold coins have a vesting period of 180 days and can […] …
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Four more school children killed in accident
Crime Reporter FOUR school children died while 11 others were injured when a Nissan Caravan they were travelling in veered off the road and overturned three times last Friday along the Juliasdale-Nyanga Road. The Nissan Caravan travelling towards Watsomba had 30 school children on board when the accident occurred near the 26km peg along the […] …
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What We Have in Zimbabwe Isn’t Politics
Paul Bogaert What we have today in our country is not Politics. Politics is the election by informed citizens of representatives who will make informed decisions. Decisions based on debates about what is in the best interests of the people as a whole. What should our society’s rules be? How should we divvy up our […] …
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Diasporans Forgotten
The promise of a Diaspora vote by President Emmerson Mnangagwa, once seen as a beacon of hope for Zimbabweans living abroad, has been nothing but a broken promise. Elections in Zimbabwe are only a few months away, and yet, nothing has been done to implement the voting of diasporans. It is a sad and contemplative […] …
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Mental Health Care is a Basic Need Too
As a Zimbabwean, I cannot help but feel a deep sense of sadness when I reflect upon the state of mental health in our society today. The truth is that mental health needs to be a much bigger priority for us all. This is not to say that mental health issues do not exist in […] …
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Progress on Bills 30th May to 1st June
Source: Progress on Bills 30th May to 1st June BILL WATCH 23/2023 Both Houses of Parliament Will Resume from Tuesday 6th June Status of Bills as at Friday 2nd June 2023 The following list summarises progress made by the National Assembly on Bills during its sittings on Tuesday 30th May, Wednesday 31st May and Thursday […] …
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Police hunt fake ‘Be Forward’ agent after 17 car buyers swindled US$100k
Police want to interview Evans Dilingilizwe Mbasopi who operated from Joina City in Harare …
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Court hears Ziyambi challenge against enacting law to police errant ministers
The two were given 45 days starting June 8, 2022 to draft the Bill but they ignored the order prompting the suit for contempt of court. …
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